This is Norway’s history the last 200 years, written in a way it has never been written before. A writers’ collective on the offensive combines industrial history, political satire, the struggle of the working class, powerful leader figures, music and literature. Globalization, sports, oil and the press are also key elements in the broader picture these writers draw.
Dovre is about to crumble! (The motto of the delegates to the constitutional gathering at Eidsvoll in 1814 was: “United and loyal till Dover mountain crumbles”). The farmers, once the backbone of Norwegian society, are no more. The fishers have become a red-listed species. And with The Progress Party (FrP) Norway got its first truly right wing party. Where shall it end? One possible dystopia the writers indicate is that the entire nation will be swallowed up by the health services and go into oblivion as a chronically ill patient.
The writers have taken off their silk gloves. This is uncompromising historical writing from the left side. Read, laugh and learn!
About the authors
Kjartan Fløgstad (. 1944) is an award-winning writer of fiction and documentaries, Espen Søbye (b. 1954) is a philosopher, writer and literary critic, Harald Berntsen (b. 1945) is a historian and writer, Jon Langdal (b. 1945) is a university-trained teacher and writer.
